Lloyd
Hittle
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 169
 
Born: February 21, 1924 in Usa, CA, LODI
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 25 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7
1950 26 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 7 7
1951 27 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 3 2 2 6 6 6 7 7 7
1952 28 NYA AL   6 2 2 2 6 5 6 7 7 7
1953 29 NYA AL   6 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 7 7
1954 30 NYA AL $ 300,000 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 7 7
1956 32 DET AL $ 300,000 6 3 2 2 6 5 6 6 6 6
1957 33 DET AL $ 350,000 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 2 2 2 6 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1949 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1950 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1951 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1952 28 NYA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1953 29 NYA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1954 30 NYA AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1956 32 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1957 33 DET AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1949 25 NYA AL 4 0 1.000 19 1 0 0 2 27.7 30 9 1 15 7 2.93 .283 .374 .415 .789 4.2
    AAA   0 1 .000 15 0 0 0 0 10.0 15 6 0 3 7 5.40 .357 .400 .476 .876  
1950 26 NYA AL 3 6 .333 63 1 0 0 4 90.7 103 71 8 78 23 7.05 .289 .419 .429 .847 0.8
1951 27 NYA AL 4 0 1.000 18 0 0 0 3 24.7 29 15 3 9 9 5.47 .299 .370 .454 .824 2.5
    AA   3 3 .500 11 11 1 1 0 82.0 74 24 5 20 64 2.63 .243 .289 .338 .627  
1952 28 AA   10 11 .476 30 30 1 1 0 201.0 219 79 10 85 128 3.54 .277 .347 .363 .710  
1953 29 AAA   3 3 .500 55 0 0 0 6 62.0 57 19 5 37 34 2.76 .242 .344 .339 .683  
1954 30 NYA AL 5 7 .417 68 0 0 0 0 100.7 113 66 12 64 23 5.90 .288 .386 .445 .831 1.1
1955 31 AA   1 0 1.000 24 0 0 0 3 47.3 43 9 2 19 29 1.71 .242 .315 .354 .669  
1956 32 DET AL 6 9 .400 50 7 0 0 8 102.3 113 50 4 48 37 4.40 .282 .360 .357 .717 6.6
    AA   2 1 .667 27 0 0 0 5 29.0 27 11 2 9 16 3.41 .260 .319 .385 .703  
1957 33 AAA   3 3 .500 32 0 0 0 0 51.7 53 22 6 26 26 3.83 .269 .354 .416 .771  
5 Years Sim 22 22 .500 218 9 0 0 17 346.0 388 211 28 214 99 5.49 .287 .386 .413 .799 15.1
3 Years AAA 6 7 .462 102 0 0 0 6 123.7 125 47 11 66 67 3.42 .263 .353 .383 .736  
4 Years AA 16 15 .516 92 41 2 2 8 359.3 363 123 19 133 237 3.08 .263 .328 .358 .686  
7 Years Minors 22 22 .500 194 41 2 2 14 483.0 488 170 30 199 304 3.17 .263 .335 .364 .699  
Season Average 4 4 .500 43 1 0 0 3 69.2 77 42 5 42 19 5.49 .287 .386 .413 .799  
Career Highs 6 9 1.000 68 7 0 0 8 102.3 113 71 12 78 37 7.05 .299 .419 .454 .847  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   250 131 20 128 63   .300 .393 .443 .836
vs LH   138 80 8 86 36   .265 .369 .365 .734
Home 11 10 .524 118 2 0 0 10 165.7 187 105 13 102 47 5.70 .291 .388 .423 .811
Away 11 12 .478 100 7 0 0 7 180.3 201 106 15 112 52 5.29 .283 .380 .404 .784
Mar/Apr 2 0 1.000 24 0 0 0 0 28.7 30 15 1 14 5 4.71 .275 .358 .367 .725
May 5 1 .833 39 0 0 0 2 55.0 62 24 4 32 11 3.93 .291 .384 .427 .811
June 4 3 .571 39 1 0 0 4 56.0 59 31 6 32 14 4.98 .269 .363 .420 .783
July 2 5 .286 41 0 0 0 8 53.0 56 30 4 24 19 5.10 .273 .349 .385 .735
August 5 6 .455 44 0 0 0 2 64.3 69 36 6 48 26 5.04 .279 .397 .413 .810
Sep/Oct 4 7 .364 31 8 0 0 1 89.0 112 75 7 64 24 7.59 .310 .414 .429 .843
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1949 25 NYA AL 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1950 26 NYA AL 63 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .154 .214 .154 .368 0.4 0.0
1951 27 NYA AL 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1954 30 NYA AL 68 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1956 32 DET AL 50 22 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .091 .125 .136 .261 0.2 0.0
5 Years Sim 218 45 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 .089 .125 .111 .236 -0.2 0.0
162 Game Average 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .089 .125 .111 .236 -0.2  
Career Highs 68 22 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .154 .214 .154 .368 0.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   33 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .091 .114 .091 .205 -1.0
vs LH   12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .083 .154 .167 .321 0.0
Home 110 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.0
Away 100 25 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .080 .077 .120 .197 -1.0
RISP   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
June 39 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .100 .000 .100 -0.5
July 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
August 37 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.3
Sep/Oct 31 21 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .143 .136 .190 .327 0.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1949 25 NYA AL P 19 1 27.7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.28    
1950 26 NYA AL P 63 1 90.7 8 26 1 5 .971 3.38    
1951 27 NYA AL P 18 0 24.7 2 6 1 0 .889 2.92    
1954 30 NYA AL P 68 0 100.7 5 27 1 1 .970 2.86    
1956 32 DET AL P 50 7 102.3 4 15 0 2 1.000 1.67    
Career Totals   218 9 346.0 20 80 3 8 .971 2.60    
Career Highs   68 7 102.3 8 27 1 5 1.000 3.38    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1956-7-8
Games Pitched
1954-8-68
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1949
Earned first career win on 5/1/1949
Injured on 6/2/1949 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season
Had first career hit on 8/13/1950, off Johnny Sain (DET)
Injured on 9/19/1950 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 7/6/1955 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Released by New York (A) on 9/22/1955
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1956 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
Injured on 3/5/1957 with a Fractured Elbow, out for 8 weeks